Special Others

Special Others is a Japanese band that blends improvised jazz with post-rock influences. Their lyrics on non-instrumental songs mix English and Japanese. The members of the band met in high school and formed the group in 1995. They began performing in 2000 and their first major release, Indy-Ann, remained in the CRJ-tokyo charts for seven weeks.

Their first release on NMNL Records was the EP Ben which entered the Tower Records Shibuya indie chart at No. 1, and No. 2 in the national Tower Records chart. After releasing their second EP, Uncle John, in June 2005, the band played at the Fuji Rock Festival in July.

In June 2006, they released Idol, which was followed by a performance at Daikanyama UNIT in July, the release Aims at Tower Records in October, and the release of their first full album, Good Morning, on November 22. The band toured with Asian Kung-Fu Generation from late 2006, with guest appearances at five performances across Japan.

Band members (b. 1979) - Drums, vocals (b. 1979) - Bass (b. 1980) - Guitar, vocals (b. 1979) - Keyboard, vocals

Discography

Studio albums Ben (2004/08/18) EP/Mini Album Ben Ngoro Ngoro Peacefultree Cacao Khechi Khechi Dubwise (2005/06/10) Limited edition 12" single [Side-A] Mellotron Khechi Khechi (Uchida Naoyuki Dub mix) [Side-B] Mellotron (Iwaki Kentarou remix) Random Uncle John (2005/06/22) EP/Mini album Sunshine Random Uncle John Meal Mellotron Idol (2006/06/07) EP/Mini album Idol Aului Saudade Mambo No.5 Quinto Quinto Limited edition 12" single [Side-A] Saudade (Kl mix) Mambo No.5 (Milch of Source remix) [Side-AA] Mambo No.5 Quinto Aims (2006/10/11) Tower Records limited-edition single Aims Mambo No.5 (live) Mellotron (live) Good Morning (2006/11/22/) Aims Good Morning Circle Yagi&Ryota Around the World Session Koya Comboy KHN Door of the Cosmos (The Stars Are Singing Too) Surdo (2007/04/27) Tower Records limited-edition single Surdo Aims (live) Meltoron (live) Star (2007/05/23) Star Surdo When You Wish upon a Star All Things - Part 1 All Things - Part 2 Aului 80 - Self remix Laurentech (2007/11/14) Tower Records limited-edition single Laurentech Star (live) Ben (live) Quest (2008/02/06) Night Paradise Laurentech Ovelia Quest Bump Johnson Apollo Ubiquitous ACN Hankachi PB (2009/04/01) Title PB Stay SP in Wednesday Charlie Silent Potato Twilight Life Sunrise The Guide (2010/10/06) Wait for The Sun It's my house Parabola The Guide Luster Draft Tomorrow RCA (MONO) Go home Ido Special Others (2011/11/30) Sailin' feat. kJ (from Dragon Ash) Ano Kuni Made feat. Nobuo Ooki (from ACIDMAN) & Atsushi Horie (from STRAIGHTENER) Karappo feat. Kiyosaku (from MONGOL800) Iyomante Upopo feat. MAREWREU Dance In Tsurumi feat. Masafumi Goto (from ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) Door feat. Cypress Ueno & Roberto Yoshino Have A Nice Day (2012/10/10) ROOT ORION Raindrops beautiful world ORGAN BASS Hawaiian Secret Beat barrel Dance Festival Provence Have a Nice Day

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